America and the Americas The United States in the Western Hemisphere

Name: America and the Americas The United States in the Western Hemisphere
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ISBN: 9780820328898

ISBN-10: 0820328898

ISBN-13: 9780820328898

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Lester D. Langley

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In this completely revised and updated edition of America and the Americas, Lester D. Langley covers the long period from the colonial era into the twenty-first century, providing an interpretive introduction to the history of U.S. relations with Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. Langley draws on the other books in the series to provide a more richly detailed and informed account of the role and place of the United States in the hemisphere. In the process, he explains how the United States, in appropriating the values and symbolism identified with "America," has attained a special place in the minds and estimation of other hemispheric peoples. Discussing the formal structures and…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 4/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.00" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction to the Second Edition


Prelude: The Birth of the Second America



Genesis



The Revolutionary Age



Manifest Destiny



Empire



The Imperial Design



Pax Americana



The Global Crisis



A Hemisphere at War



The Cold War



The Modern Era



Years of Uncertainty



The Defiant Hemisphere


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliographical Essay


Index